Jennifer Powers Ph. D.
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This Morning we interviewed Dr Powers.
Dr Powers received her Ph. D., Biochemistry from Georgia Institute of Technology. 1993.
With a dissertation topic: Cellular and Enzymatic Studies with Novel Adrenergic Analogs and Effectors.
Jennifer Powers is Associate Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, 1999 – present. Department of Chemistry, Kennesaw State University.
Dr Powers also augmented her skill set with additional training.
Modeling Biomolecules, a week-long workshop at the Modeling Biomolecules Center at Jackson State University, Jackson, MS. June 2006.
Residential School on Medicinal Chemistry, a week-long course at Drew University, Madison, NJ. June 2006.
Pharmacology for Chemists. A three-day American Chemical Society short course, Orlando, FL, August 1996.
Pharmacology Department, Dr. Stephen F. Traynelis’ research group, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. Summers of 1995 and 1996 for a total of 22 weeks.
LERN Workshop in teaching on-line courses, 2001.
Dr Power`s long term research interests lie in neurochemistry and the activity of membrane bound proteins. (Specifically, P-glycoprotein).
Today’s interview with Dr. Powers was Great! We had an opportunity to share her research interests as well as a little on the state of the science. With the topic of my last blog being on the future generation of scientists, I was very interested to hear that Dr Powers believes quite highly in immediate student involvement in her labs. She went on to say that in order to captivate these students and really watch the students blossom, they have to be stimulated with lab experience.
Dr Powers went on to share some of her expertise in mass spectrometry, and the expression of the P-Glycoprotein. Since Dr Powers’s lives and works in the same city as the studio, we get to bring her in for expert level critiques of articles, studies, and concentrations within the field of glycomics. Dr Powers spent the remainder of the interview giving a detailed synopsis / explanation, of the Article: A Serum Glycomics Approach To Breast Cancer Biomarkers. Here is the link: http://www.mcponline.org/cgi/content/abstract/6/1/43
The Article was very interesting and thorough. I would like to take a moment and compliment the authors on there research!
Also if you know of a Research Scientist that we should know about please email Joseph McKenna at; j McKenna @ Impactofglycomics .com and we will try and get him or her on the show.
